President Museveni who has been touring the country recently is back at his game of creating more districts out of villages. He has reportedly promised district status to Ntoroko, Serere, Buikwe and Ngora counties.
Uganda already has 83 districts!His argument is that these administrative units will bring services nearer to the people. But which services? These counties don't have good roads, clean water, hospitals or even decent health centres to speak of. Ntoroko especially is inaccessible during the rainy season. Even the moderate health centres that were built there not only lack drugs but also personnel to run them because professionals cannot live in such remote places without social amenities.
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